Animal Quote by Thomas Hobbes

The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by…

— Pythagoras

Man is a central creature between the animals, that is to say, the most perfect form, which unites the traits of all in the…

— Johann Gottfried Herder

Man is more than an animal only in that he finds expression for the beautiful.

— John Carroll

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these…

— Thomas Malthus

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things…

— William Hazlitt

What is man but his passion?

— Robert Penn Warren

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

— Alexander Hamilton

Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization.

— Rene Dubos

All animals are to be found in men and each of theme exists in some man, sometimes several at the time.

— Victor Hugo

While some animals exhibit individual powers in higher perfection, man stands for their superior, not only in combining in his own body all the…

— George Combe

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

— Henry George

“Man is the only animal that strives to be more than he is....it is the indomitable spirit within that makes him human.”

— Steven Lang